The Shou favored a type of green tea, West Lake Dragon Well, that was considered to be the way to one's heart. With the influx of the Shou population, this drink was gaining popularity in Faerûn[3]

The Shou believed that if surviving relatives and descendants paid respect to their dead, the dead exercised a benevolent influence over the family, granting prosperity, happiness, and health. A typical Shou household had a small shrine, where small carved representations of one or more dead relatives were kept. While a few shrines were populated with a plethora of figures with letters and prayers addressed to dead ancestors, most Shou households kept only one intricately carved figure to represent all the loved ones lost.[4]